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RefNoMDA/A/23/159
AltRefNoA3.7
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Jonkheer E M Storm van's Gravesande, to the Sir Hector Hetherington, Vice Chancellors Committee, Glasgow University
Date17 September 1945
DescriptionOn behalf of the Organisatie van Natuurphilosophische en Technoloische Faculteiten in Nederland, the Secretary outlines the organisation's history of inviting scientists in various fields to read lectures in Dutch university towns before the war, and asks for a list of English and Scottish scientists who had undertaken work of note in the last few years, with a view to inviting them as visitors to deliver lectures at the universities of Leiden, Amsterdam, Groningen, and Utrecht, and possibly also Delft or Wageningen if related to the interests of agricultural students. Also asks if permission from the authorities for a visit during the following months would be possible.
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FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8290Tizard; Sir; Henry Thomas (1885 - 1959)1885 - 1959
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